Traffic-indicator.



C. C. PFHNZL TRAFFIC llNDlCATOB,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 191-1.

ParvntedAug. 3, 1915.

W 1. I //i (Vina/('5 6: E7222 CHARLES C. PRINZ, OF LEXINGTON, KEETUCKY.

T'RikElEIC-INDICAT R.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A11 g, 3 1915,

Application filed March 24, 1914. Serial No. 826,956,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

it known that l, CHARLES C. Prinz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky,have invented new and useful Improvements in Traflic-Indicators,

the indicating pointer to move to the rightor to the left according tothe direction in which he intends to turn the machine.

Nith the above and other oh' cts in view,

el construcient of parts lolly descrihet,

n the accompanying drawingsr-ifigaie I is a front elevation of thetra'ziic indicator is invention, the some being hrol .1

to illustrate the contained niechani L 2 is a vertical diametrioalsection (tor contemplated in this :e 1 which, in tile the invention, isnil provided with. a panel 3 of clear and front of -lof ground or c todifiuse the or other lamp case 1 and the case frosted gt rays of light1' which is contained with located behind the Between the pan els 3 and*lis arranged an indicating pointer shown in it 1 form of an arrow thesome being moun ed on she? 7 located centrally or the case 1 andjournaled in the hack of the case and also in an L-shaped bracket 8.Fast on shaft 7 of the pointer 6 is a spur gear pinion 9 Whichmesheswith and is actuated by a toothed sector 10 pivotally mounted at 11 onthe bracket 8. The sector 10 carries a double ended armature 12 atopposite ends of which are arranged electromagnets From one of themagnets 13 circuit Wires 1% lead through pos s 15 and 16 to a pushbutton switch 1?. *rom the other electromagnet, Wires 18 lead throughthe post 1? and another post 19 to an additional push button switch 20.The switches 17 and 20 may be arranged on the dash of an automobile orother convenient supporting part of the machine, it being understoodthat the CllCUliS of the two electromagnets include a suitable source ofelectrical energy such as a magneto, battery or generator so that bypressing either one of the buttons 17 or 20 the appropriateelectromagnet will be energized and therefore attract the armature l2and consequently the sector 10 in a corresponding direction.

As indicated by full lines in Fig. 1, the

pointer 6 normally hangs pendant or vertically and when either one ofthe magnets is energized, the saidpointer is caused to swing tosubstantially horizontal position pointi ing eitherto the right or tothe left as the may be as indicated by dotted lines in said figure.

llliile I have illustrated two push button itches l7 and 20 it Will ofcourse be uno tood that a single switch may he employed in the form ofthe ordinary lever switch movable to one side or the other of ti? givenpoint for the purpose of throwing into the circuit either one of theelectroina y day light the pointer 6 will be Visible through the clearglass panel 3 at the front oi. the case while after dark the pointer 6which is preferably of some opaquematerial will he clearly discerniblein front of the panel l which as above stated is of ground or frostedglass or some equivalent 1naterial.

What I claim is A trafiic indicator for automobiles comprising a casing,a back plate therefor, :1 transparent panel forming a closure for thefront of said casing, a ground glass panel located between said frontpanel and back plate, a shaft journaled in said ground glass panel andback plate, a p inter fast on said shaft, and actuating means for saidshaft located between said back plate and ground glass panel andembodying a pinion having a fixed relation to said pointer and adaptedto turn on the same axis there-With, a pendant oscillatory gravitycentered toothed sector meshing with said pinion an arcuate armaturecarried directly by said sector and eoncentric to the axis thereof,nppositely In testimony whereof I aflix my signatu: locatedelectromagnetsprranged at the 0pin presence of two witnesses. positeextremities of said armature, anelectrio lamp located between saidback'plate CHARLES PRINZ' I i 5 and ground glass panel, and manuallycon- Witnesses:

'. trolled means for-independently energizing s H. PERKINS,

, said magnets. J. L. BRADLEY.

